NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient ...
British archaeologists recently made a discovery that sounds like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie: a secret ...
The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say ...
In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...
12 full skeletons in a tomb beneath one of Jordan's biggest tourist attractions. The remains were found beneath the Treasury, also called Al Khazneh, in the ancient city of Petra — famous as a ...
Archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, unearthing a new hidden tomb dating back to the first century BC. This remarkable find, located beneath ...
sheds new light on the history of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Jordan. Al-Khazneh, the Treasury, is one of the most recognizable monuments in the ancient city of Petra, carved into the rock ...